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13 Oct 2009 09:31

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28 Sep 2009 09:48

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27 Sep 2009 20:10

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Sports: Dear Redskins coach Jim Zorn: You suck. The Lions love you.

  • Well, there’s not many words to say yet, We did not treat this team lightly. We knew this team was good. They came in and got out ahead, but we certainly were not out of the game.
  • Washington Redskins coach Jim Zorn • On losing to the freaking Detroit Lions, giving what’s possibly the worst team in football history its first win in nearly two seasons. He’s right. The Redskins were in it, never more than two touchdowns away from the lead, but they also never had the lead in the game. Zorn is on guillotine watch in D.C. tonight. • source

19 Sep 2009 10:25

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Biz, U.S.: Thanks recession! Stay-at-home moms are going back to work

  • 78% of those who have lost their jobs in the recession are men, many in single-income families
  • 78.4% of middle-aged spouses are either working or looking for work; that’s up over 2% from 2007 source

12 Sep 2009 11:43

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Culture: The porn industry is no longer recession-proof, guys

  • 30-50% estimated decline in revenues for the porn industry during the recession; stars are getting paid less, too
  • 2,000 fewer porn films are being made now than in previous years; free porn on the Internet is (in part) to blame source

31 Aug 2009 21:30

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Biz: Don’t be so scared of losing your job. It’s killing you.

  • No, really. A study says so. Three sociologists, based in California and Michigan – two perfect locations for a study like this – say that chronic worry about job loss leads to health decline more than the job loss itself. “Persistent stress is a strain on people. It is the unrelenting nature of the uncertainty that really gets you,” their study noted. So lighten up and act as if your crappy job isn’t even in jeopardy. source
 

19 Jul 2009 14:59

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Sports: Screw you, Stewart Cink! You stole Tom Watson’s old guy thunder!

Watson (left) got as close as the final hole in the British Open, before blowing a putt then blowing a playoff to Cink. Screw you, Stewie! source

06 Jun 2009 09:50

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World: It sounds like a lot of things went wrong with the Air France flight

  • 24 error messages, including a loss of autopilot, were reported source

31 May 2009 21:40

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Sports: Rafael Nadal, the king of clay, is toppled from his French Open throne

You know, this clay doesn’t seem quite so messy when you’re winning on it. Now it just feels like you’re rolling in the dirt. source